guinea pig
Example Sentences
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Jemmy Welch was a Guinea-pig who had just made a particularly good shot at the speaker’s nose with a piece of plum-cake.
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines
“During the approaching winter, every one possessing a Guinea-pig or Tadpole shall be at liberty, providing it is regularly washed, to use it as a warming-pan for his own bed.”
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines
An' when him meet up Dry-bone, him t'row down his gun an' him call to Guinea-pig an' tell him:—"I meet with a luck."
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter
We understand the new Guinea-pig is keeping his bed to-day after the exciting ceremony of initiation.”
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines
Guinea-pig, a burnt offering, 222; used in the discovery of the diphtheria antitoxin, 229-231.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
